Warm Spots

A tour of the world’s best warm-weather destinations—from safari camps to beachfront resorts to tropical villas.

Jumby Bay, renovated by Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, lies on a 3-acre island off the coast of Antigua in the West Indies. The view here is across the Atlantic to Antigua. (August 2004) www.jumbybayresort.com

Photo: Bruce Buck

At the Maia Luxury Resort & Spa on the island of Mahé, a chandelier Bill Bensley designed, inspired by an African bracelet, hangs from the vaulted ceiling in Tec-Tec Restaurant, which serves Franco-Asian and Creole cuisine. (November 2007) www.maia.com.sc

Photo: Robert McLeod

The three villas making up Temenos, a private rental property on Anguilla, in the Caribbean, were designed by H. G. Oscar Farmer “to be like a village tumbling down toward the water.” Pictured here, the Sea Villa. (November 2002) www.temenosvillas.com

Photo: Bruce Buck

The Royal Livingstone hotel, in Zambia, is on the banks of the Zambezi River, just above Victoria Falls, one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Mist from the falls rises near the hotel’s riverfront deck. The hotel is named for 19th-century explorer and missionary David Livingstone. (November 2002) www.suninternational.co.za

Photo: Tim Beddow

La Grand Kaz, a Banyan Tree hotel, is located on Mahé Island in the Seychelles, an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean. The architecture of the lobby lounge was inspired by plantation homes built by the island’s European settlers. (November 2002)

Photo: Erhard Pfeiffer

Evening drinks are served about three miles from Lemarti’s Camp in northern Kenya. Members of the Samburu tribe act as guides and staff the camp. The owners, Anna Trzebinski-Lemarti and Loyapan Lemarti, rely on camels to transport equipment and supplies between the main camp and Nomadic and Stargazing camps. (November 2007)

Photo: Tim Beddow

Designer Linda Garland’s own textiles and furniture fill a bedroom in the Long House at her Bali estate-turned-hotel. The sliding glass walls “catch the cross breezes, and it has terraces and niches for every mood throughout the day,” she says. Her intention was to invoke “the feeling of being in a grass A-frame barn.” (September 2004)

Photo: Tim Street-Porter

Cocoa Island in the Maldives is home to a 23-room hotel owned and designed by Christina Ong, with architecture by Cheong Yew Kuan. The suites, which resemble local dhoni fishing boats, rest on pine poles set into the ocean floor. Steps lead from each suite right into the water. (November 2004) www.cocoa-island.com